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Article #6406Re: Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox)
From: Kelly Miller
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 00:00
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jon murray (jonm@nextconnect.com) wrote: > William Chops Westfield wrote: > > > > Which is the larger set of numbers: All positive integers, or all integers? > > Both are infinity, but is one set twice as large as the other? > > > > They're the same size. The set of all rational number (fractions) is > > the same size too. But the set of irrational numbers is bigger... > > > > That should be obvious. > > > Well, not being a mathematitian, it isn't obvious to me. Is there any > imaginable situation where my lack of insight is likely to cause me a > problem? Well, aside from looking silly during those "which is the bigger infinity" discussions which inevitably pop up during cocktail parties, nope. Kelly Miller ktmiller@mines.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102cdf,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cdf,public X-Google-Thread: 10a148,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a148,public X-Google-Thread: 10aec3,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10aec3,public X-Google-Thread: ffd1b,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidffd1b,public X-Google-Thread: f5d40,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d40,public X-Google-Thread: 10f3ae,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f3ae,public From: ktmiller@slate.Mines.EDU (Kelly Miller) Subject: Re: Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox) Date: 1997/04/19 Message-ID: <5jbboq$1614$1@magma.Mines.EDU> X-Deja-AN: 236113996 References: <858944975.21700@dejanews.com> <E7pGE8.21v@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> <33581A1D.54D2@nextconnect.com> Followup-To: sci.space.shuttle,alt.conspiracy,alt.folklore.science,hsv.general,alt.folklore.urban,rec.models.rockets Organization: Colorado School of Mines Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,alt.conspiracy,alt.folklore.science,hsv.general,alt.folklore.urban,rec.models.rockets